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WASN'T "TENNESSEE DUTCH."
Alleged Yeggman Held at Columbia
Not the Man Who Broke Jail
at Greenville.
.Colum1bia, Oc:. 20.-A. L. Fields,
tr:e suspicious looking .character, who
was arrested early Sunday morning
by Lieu-. Swearingen and Patrolman
Th.rn au the house of aCrrie Baker,
on Ia street. is not "Tennessee
Du:eh,'' lhe safe-blower and crook
I: escaped from the Greenville jail
ir April.
Tie foregoiig was the information
developed by an investigation of
F ields by Postoffice Inspector H. T.
Gregory this mo.rning. Fields was
closely questioned concerning prac
tically his every movement of conse
quence since leaving Chicago, which
Ihe gave as his home, at the age of
15 years. The man has not been
oonnected with any crime so far as
the investigation showe dthis morn
i-ng, bat he was being held pending
further action by the police author
ities.
"Have you ever been to Green
wood, S. C.?" asked Mr. iGregory
toward the close of the examination.
IS VENUS INHABITED?
The Probabilities Said to Be Greater
Than in the Case of Mars.
Knowledge and Scientific News.
The many speculations as to t.he
possible inhabitants of Mars and
their supposed engineering works
(the so-called "canals," etc.,) have
been mooted with more or less inge
nuity; in our opinion the probabil
i:ies in favor of the habitability of
Venus are vastly greater. This plan
et, says Prof. Young, is "the earth's
twin 4ister in magnitude, density and
general constitution.''
Surface markings have been seen
from time to time upon the planet,
more distinctly observed in Italy
and other more favored latitudes
than our own. On account of its
general proximity to the region of
the sky in which the sun is found
and its great brilliancy in the tele
scope, Venus is by no means an easy
object to scrutinize with satisfactory
results.
However, its phases or changes of
appearance, like +he moon, are easily
perceived with very small optical aid,
and iw4re agong the first fruits of
the invention of the telescope, ex
setly three centuries ago. From cer
tain irregularities observed upon
the terminator or boundary of the
limb and the blunted appearance of
one of the cusps of the crescent, va
tious observers have concluded that
there exist high mountains upon the
planet's Ege Smetinles when
iI1e planet is in the erestet phase
intensely bright spots have been seen
near the Polar regions whiich inay
perhaps be i'ee caps like those seeni
on Mars. Darkish markings,indicating
continents and seas "dimly visible"
an also -at times seen, and a rough
map of Venus was made by Bian
rchini long ago. His observations
were confirmed by thousands of ob
servations made by De Vico and his
assistants. so may be considered to
reresent real features of the suir
face.
We have already stated that there
is evidence of the existence of- an at
moASphere ai:d from observations of
he transit of the planet across the
sun's disk in 1874 it was concluded
d.at the atmosphere is about one and
one-half times to twiee as extensive
as our own. The existence of water
vapor has been sho>wn by the .spee
troeope.
At times the dark portion of the
nianet illuminated by the sun's light
as bee:. fa intly visible, from which
has beeai considered probable that
obenomena of the nature of the au
ora take place from time to time
pon Venus. So far as known the
lanet has no satellite or moon at
endant upon it, but to a great ex
tent .the want of moon is made up for
to the possible inhabitants by the
erth. When Veiius and the earth are
nearest, as we have already said.
they are on the .same side of the sun,
and the planet, turning its dark side
toward us, is invisible, like the moon
wen new. On the other hand, tae
earth has the whole of its illuminated
side turned toward the planet, is ot
the oppoesite part of the sky to the
sun and is consequently visible as a
brillian: object (''full earth") in the
ni.ht sky of thie lanet. W~e know
~frc'm the phenomenou of ear:xh shine
that t!:e earth reflects a considerable
quantity of light to the moon, part
-o which is againi refiected back to us.
and if we suppose the intrinsic re
feting power of the earth's surface
o be equal to that of Venus (it may
indeed be. and probably is. conisider
ably less, it must give much greater
liht e-' thei plianet and be a munch
mre %illiant object in its sky : hani
. wingt. circumst ances:
\Vh. rightest onl a s:mall part
-c).lit jllina1ited surface
is turned toward us, but even so it
al)pears more conspienous than any
other star or planet in our sky, and U
is often visible in daylight. (n :he
other hand the whole o* the earth's
illumina4ed hemisphere is turned to
ward V-nus when they are at their
nearest together, and the earth is
then on the meridian at the planet's
midnight. being in opposition to the
sun. Thus as a night luminary the
ear:hi to some extent plays toward
Venus t he part the moon does for
us. ** *4
We have seen that there is evi
dence of the existence of continents
and seas, air and water vapor upon
the planet. The amount sunlight
it receives, though greater than our
share, is not excessively so, for there
rappears reason to believe that polar P
snow caps exist; and in other re- q
'pects, for conditions favorable to b
the existence of ,beings organized not j
very much unlike those with whieh
we are familiar on this earth, 'we
have as much evidence as we can
reasonably expect. We may thus
conclude that the planet is in most
respects not dissimilar to the earth,
and is the abode of life, at least in
the regions north and south of the
equator, if not on the "torrid zone"
ittself.
fa
MUIR GLACIER IN VIEW.
For the First Time in Nine Years
It Can Be Approached From the'
Sea.
The Vancouver Province.
Something wonderful has recently
taken place in Alaska. This is the
drifting away of icebergs from the T
front of Muir Glacier in Glacier
Bay, so that for the first time in
nine years this famous glacier, the
most noted on this continent, has
been visited. In 1899 a subterranean
earthquake took place at Yakutat,
and ever si-nce the approach to the
glacier has been so choked with ice
that boats have turned away with
their passengers disappointed. Now,
through some peculiar drifting of
the ice, steam boats can enter the f
channel and after cautiously pushing
their way get a glimpse of the left
face.
In the -nine years away from the
'sight of man, this glacier has shown
remarkable changes. When Prof.
John Muir, after whom it was named
visited it it had a solid face t wo miles W
long, about 250 feet above the water oi
line. It was a live glacier, and
great masses of ice toppled into the
sea with reverberations like thunder.
Water would splash fifty feet high
and the sight was fearsome and.
fascinating.
T'o-day the glaciei assumes .a dif
fuent aspect. Erosion has worked
out a new bay which will soon be
charted, and the glacier itself seems g
to have two parts, the live part, fromC'
which icebergs break and fall with a
tremendon~s noise, and a dead arm, d
or one with land forming between it
and the sea. This change is due to
a hill which projected through the
top) of the ice when Prof. Muir was -
there. Now that hill top is a large
mountain, dividing the ice fields. The
ice has also receded at least four
mies in the nine years. C
This is without doubt thle most re
markable known glacier on this con
tinent, though Alaska has other won
derful glaciers which occupy clefts
high up in the mountains, and some Ui
of which have an elevation of 6,000
feet. Among these are the Taku, I
Davidson. Windlom and Le Coute.
But Muir Glacier has 354 square
miles of ice, and presents such an
imposing sight that it is considered
the crowning glory of Alaska's stu
ped{ous scenery--the sight of a life
time. No one knows how i: happens
that Glacier Bay can .be entered now
where it could not before, but it is
thought that favorable winids and
miiid weather caused the ice to drift
An interesting fact about Alaskan
laciers is that some are "dead"' and
ot hers are "alive."' Davidson Gla
eir which is realhly a tongue of the
Muir Glacier. has been ascended by
travllers fo a number of years. It
is a deadl glacier, haaga moraine
oft several miles bet ween it and the
sea. Looking at it from the boat it
'epresnts a kaleido.scopic appear
ance as thle sunl shines upon it, and
te surface seems scratched with
tiyv pin lines. These are in reality
deep (.revie... l whi mus: be ap)
proacei cu ti.msly. fo they are
"'George. (dear."' saidl Mrs. Dove
kins, who had comne down stairs in
time to pouri the coffee. "'I'm going"
to walk to the e'ar with you this F.
morning. Aren't you zlad?"
"Very. glad. indeed. lovev. It 's so
ice Of' you to thinik of mec and get
up ea rly fo r thei puro1 of m ~ naking it wi
unnecessary in walk th:ose dismal h
ii.ru I) .t-'k .,1oat. hlo w mnii~ iih d 'ivon H
CUTS
21 1 Main Street.
Our daily increasing sale
ing at Newberry are appi
uality of goods. We app
een favored, and we knoi
) put before the buying 1
iost for their money. Th
Bw of the special bargain
Dress Ginghams an
TO MAKE YOUR "1
We have dozens of beautiful pal
brics of this sort. Take a look at
The 12 1-2c. patterns, the y
The 10c. patterns, the yard
The 8 1-3c. patterns, the ya
Clothing and
Every garment in this departmen
ake advantage of this great cut in
r clothing now.
$15.00 Men's Suits red
12.50 Men's Suits red
8.00 Men's Suits red
$15.00 Ladies' Cloaks, goo
12.50 Ladies' Cloaks, goo
6.00 Ladies' Cloaks, goo
Also all of our Boys' Clothing is 2
r your boy now.
Men's Overcoats at half price,
Window Sb
This is something you have been
indow shades so cheap you can't
2r prices for this week, and we sei
The 50 cents kind foi
The 25 cents kind foi
The 10 cents kind foi
Ulmbrellas.
We still have a few of the lot we
eat reductions. Lay- in a winter
m do so at half the price, so the
y-clothed as well as dry-shod. T
, The $1.00 ones for 7
The 50c ones for 35
We want to call your att<
ire Ten Thousand Dollar
ontinuous "SALE" at our
1211 Main St. 6
ppite The Savings Bank
Charleston
& Festiva
October
RUSSIAN SYMPHON
The best organized andi
talent in the United State
a splendid chorus of tsi
and female voices. :
SPECIAL RATES FROM ALL POIN'
Ask the Preacher.
Ask the Lawyer.
ARMERS OIL MILL STOCK FOIL eapi
shar
B order of the Probate Court. we estat
11 sell at public outery to the Te
uhet bMder. at Newberry Court
ruse, (n Monday. Novemnber 1hr.
00. immediately after the publie
OOF
STHE P
Opp(
s is a very gratifying evidence thc
eciating the very low prices at whi
reciate the patronage with which
v of no better way of showing this
>ublic bargains such as will appe;
is we are endeavoring to do, an
s which we are now offering.
d Chambrays On
ARY JANE" Did you come
terns in the most durable ment of these goi
them, They are selling opportunity of ge1
ard 10 cents. want to buy outir
3 1-3 cents. The 10 c<
-d 6 cents. The 8 1-3
Cloaks The 5 cer
: is going to be sold at cost. Table
prices and buy your win- We have a lari
inches square
uced to $9.50 price' Regular 1
aced to 7.25 Also a nice asc
ced to 5.25 wide, some of th
d ones, for $6.25 your flower pots)
d ones, for 5.75 Regular price
i ones, for 2.50
oing at cost. Get a suit
We still have t
this is the line in
ades have them in wh.
looking for a long time__ Our specialty is ~
>ass them by. These are
1 them as advertised:
37 cents- Did you ever i
19 cents, Heatherbloom, ju
5 cents. quality for 10Oc.
UmbrllasSelect a pair of
- 37c for our boy.
men~ftioned -last week at LOOK AT TI
s siipply now, while you guaranteed stand;
:hldren can go to school cake, and if you d
hese are the prices: other seven cake
9 cents. Buttermilk Soa
ents, etc. for 10 cents.
intion just one more tirne to the.fa
Stock we recently purchased at an
"Store of3Low Prices" Come to
Cooper Cuts
Musical
I Week rfL
25=30
Y ORCHESTRA /L
nost uniformlin
s, supported by
o hundred male~
S IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
Ask the Doctor.icparwot
Ask the Banker.
100 pairs worth
al stock of the Farmers Oil 1oo pairs worth
of the par value of $10.00 per Extra values
?. said stock belonging to the ne- d mone y, mi
e of W. W. Spearman, deceased. lin~e come and b
em*fSl:Cash. -
M.~ fSae A. Carliisle. . O
John C. Goggan.
Execu tors.
RICE I"
)site The Savings Bank
Lt the people who do their shop
ch we are offering the very best
>ur comparatively new store has
appreciation than by continuing
il to those buyers who want the
d we beg to call attention to a
ting and Flanneletts.
in last wesk and look over our varied assort
ds? If not, you can not afford to miss,this
ting something pretty at a low price, if you
gs at all. Look at the prices:
Mts goods at 8 cents the yard.
c., 7 1-2c. and 7c. goods for 6 cents.
ts goods for 4 cents.
Cloths and Centerpieces
:e quantity of red and green table cloths, 72
Something good for the money. Look at the
)rice $1.50, now selling at 98 cents.
ortment of centerpieces, 22 to 27 inches
em washable (the very thing to put under
50c. each, now selling at 27 cents apiece.
s to Fit at Prices that Suits
he Shoes at the price that suits. You know
which we out-distance competition. We
tever size and at whatever price you want.
~elling a better Shoe for less money.
Sundries.
ear of a bargain like this? We are selling
st what you want to line your skirts, 25c
the 50c Boys' Pants that we are selling at
UIS. We sell ."Hammer" Laundry Soap,
rd weight, at 8 cakes for 25c. Use one
:n't like it, we will give you a quarter for the
p, the kind that lathers so freely, 3 cakcs
:t that we are selling out the en
d below cost price. We run one
~ee us, and bring your friends.
Sthe Price.
;Punts! Pants!
We Offer the Greatest Values
Ever Shown.
500 Pairs Pants
of good quality Cassimere
and Cheviot,diagonal weave,
French waistband, patent
buttons, tape covered crotch
and seat seams, two pockets,
hip and watch pockets.
$5.00 a pair going at only $2.89
$4.oo a pair going at only $2.25
$3.0o a pair going at only $1.79
$2.0o a pair going at only $1.39
$1.25 a pair going at only 97c.
and never offered at such low prices. We
ist have it, and if you need anythi'ng in our
iy from
LE[ITTNER,
nh air and Snuare Dealer.